[rec.food.recipes] LACTO: Carbonara Sauce

ST402676@brownvm.brown.edu (04/07/91)

a friend and i had to cook for some depressed people. we ended up with
this fairly easy, quite tasty, and very decadent dish. an alternative
to drowning sorrows in ice cream...

1-2 lb pasta
1 pkg frozen peas (or you can stand around shelling fresh ones), i guess 10 oz
10 oz fresh spinach
1 large onion
a cup or two sliced mushrooms
1 pint light cream
a stick of butter
1 package bacon
grated parmesan (4 oz? maybe a little more)

while the pasta cooks, cut the bacon into 1 or 2 inch pieces and fry
until cooked but not crisping yet. drain the grease and transfer the
bacon to paper towels. saute the onion (we just used a little of the
bacon grease but butter is good too) till translucent, then the
mushrooms and the spinach until the spinach is all wilted. melt the
butter in the cream. drain the pasta, toss in a bowl with the
vegetables and cream. (we just threw the peas in and let them thaw in
the pasta).  add the parmesan last and toss again. you can reheat it in
the oven just before serving if you prepared it ahead of time.